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ACT: Oil spills in the ocean are toxic enough, adding COREXIT makes it 52 times more toxic . Click here to email Environment Canada today and ask them to ban COREXIT. In yet another case of the Harper government ignoring...

The next big step in the fight to save the Arctic is happening right now.
Greenpeace US activists have suspended themselves from St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon to block a Shell Oil vessel from leaving port for Alaskan waters.

Two weeks ago, Greenpeace Africa's Irene Wabiwa-Betoko wrote about the need for Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) protection in the Congo Basin, and expressed the hope that FSC's new commitment to IFLs protection could help shift the...

Earlier this year, Greenpeace initiated a public campaign spotliighting Rite Aid, the third largest drugstore chain in the United States. By not properly managing where its paper comes from, the company has been making the wrong...

This is a story about the frozen ocean at the top of our planet. It's wild and untouched, and at the moment it's owned by everyone and no-one. This is the Arctic high seas, the wild west of the high north, and our global commons. But...

Right now there are over 100 wildfires burning in Alberta, 24 are out of control .
Parkland County, Alberta has declared a state of agricultural disaster because moisture levels in some areas of the province are at their lowest...

Cree Nation of Waswanipi and Greenpeace erected a blocade at the edge of the Broadback Valley in 2010, calling for a full protection of this last intact forest
In an unprecedented move yesterday, the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi ...

This week is off to a sharktastic start with lots of jawsome shark facts, images, stories and sharkisms swimming around cyberspace. #Sharkweek is about getting to know this amazing creatures, sharing stories and inspiring people to...

In September 2014, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) members voted with an overwhelming majority at their General Assembly to protect "the vast majority" of Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) in and around FSC certified forest...

The first story in this podcast is complicated. Really complicated. But I'm going to keep it simple.
It starts in India. At the moment, many non governmental organizations (NGOs) are being leaned on by the Indian Ministry of Home...